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RNS Number : 4066V  Ryanair Holdings PLC  14 August 2025

RYANAIR TO OPEN NEW TIRANA BASE FOR SUMMER 2026

3 BASED AIRCRAFT, 10 NEW ROUTES (33 TOT.) AS TRAFFIC GROWS TO 4.0M P.A.

 

Ryanair, Albania's fastest-growing airline today (Thurs, 14 Aug) announced it
would open a new - 3 aircraft - base at Tirana Airport from April 2026, basing
3 new B737-800 aircraft - a $300m invest. - supporting over 3,000 jobs, incl.
100 new high-paid jobs for pilots and cabin crew.

 

Ryanair's new Tirana base will expand its market share in Albania, with over
450 weekly flights on 33 routes for S26, including 10 exciting new routes to
Birmingham, Dublin, Milan, Malta, Naples, Pescara, Poznan, Trieste, Turin, and
Verona, as well as increased frequencies on 9 existing routes such as Bari,
London, Prague, Stockholm, and Warsaw.

 

Ryanair's new Tirana S26 base will deliver:

·    3 based a/c - $300M invest.

·    10 new routes to Birmingham, Dublin, Milan, Malta, Naples, Pescara,
Poznan, Trieste, Turin, and Verona

·    33 total routes across 13 countries

·    Traffic grows to 4m pax p.a.

·    Supp. over 3,000 jobs in Albania

 

Over the next 5 years, Ryanair will continue to invest in Albania, incl. up to
6 based aircraft ($600m invest.), growing to over 5m passengers p.a., opening
over 20 new routes, supporting over 4,000 jobs by 2030, provided always that
Albania maintains its policy of low access costs and zero aviation taxes to
continue stimulating traffic and tourism growth while increasing investment,
and jobs.

 

To celebrate this new S26 - 3 aircraft - Tirana base, Ryanair has announced a
3-day seat sale, with fares starting from just €24,99 for travel in Oct/Nov,
available exclusively at ryanair.com.

 

Ryanair's CEO Michael O'Leary said:

 

"As Albania's only truly low fares airline, Ryanair is pleased to announce
this new S26 - 3 aircraft - Tirana base. Since launching our first Albania
flights in Nov 2023, Ryanair has worked closely with our partners in Tirana
Airport to deliver ambitious growth, which will now see Ryanair's traffic grow
to over 4m passengers in 2026, with 3 new B737-800 aircraft ($300m invest.)
based at Tirana, supporting over 3,000 local jobs, and operating 33 routes,
incl. 10 new routes to Birmingham, Dublin, Milan, Malta, Naples, Pescara,
Poznan, Trieste, Turin and Verona.

 

Ryanair's continued growth at Tirana, offers Albania a massive opportunity to
grow its air traffic, tourism & jobs as Ryanair plans to grow to 5m
passengers p.a. and base up to 6 a/c at Tirana in a $600m investment which
adds over 20 new routes by 2030, provided of course that Albania maintains its
current low access costs and zero aviation taxes which stimulates rapid growth
in traffic, tourism, investment, and jobs."

 

Tirana Airport's Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Piervittorio Farabbi said:

 

"Upon starting the operations in Albania back in November 2023, the Ryanair
team came with a slogan of 'Low Fares Revolution' in Albania. Today, we mark a
pivotal moment in this revolution announcing the opening of a base in Tirana.
Starting next summer season, there will be much more opportunities to explore
the world from Tirana and to expose touristic Albania to more countries.

 

Such decision from a partner airline, can only come as a result of a bold
commitment on our side to offer operational excellence. We have heavily
invested to expand operational capacities both landside and airside with an
extended runway, additional parking stands, renovated apron and taxiways and
expanded terminal tripled in size. Passenger processing needs to be fast and
reliable; that's why we invested in advanced digitalization in check in,
boarding and passport control. We are proud to be among the fastest airports
that are transformed from operations to a base within only 30 months."

 

ENDS

 

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Tel: +353-1-9451799

press@ryanair.com (mailto:press@ryanair.com)

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